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She could certainly be criticized from the left on certain subjects, but I dont think theres necessarily any strategic value in villainizing her as being a launderer for the right wing of the Democrat party, whose sole purpose is co-opting and pacifying radical movements.

Overwhelmingly positive opinion of the students putting themselves on the line to support the Palestinian people and protest the genocide being done to them. I could not be more proud of the way the vast majority of these very young people have behaved, and of their organizational discipline when dealing with counter-protestors, police, and especially hostile/adversarial media.

kind9 posted...

Possibly a stupid question but what are these protests at American college campuses supposed to accomplish regarding a foreign war? What are these students going to get done here in America? Why don't they just go home and play Minecraft?

Pretty much all of these Universities have either money invested in, or receive grant money from, sources tied to Israel, and in some cases defense contractors whose weapons are currently being used to ethnically cleanse Gaza. One of the main goals of these protests is divestment from these, and a transparent process from the school administrators in doing so.

Here, for example, is a page listing the overall goals of the students protesting at Columbia University:

https://cuapartheiddivest.org/demands

No.1 FINANCIAL DIVESTMENT
Divest all of Columbias finances, including the endowment, from companies and institutions that profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupation in Palestine. Ensure accountability by increasing transparency around financial investments.

No.2 ACADEMIC BOYCOTT
Sever academic ties with Israeli universities, including the Global Center in Tel Aviv, the Dual Degree Program with Tel Aviv University, and all study-abroad programs, fellowships, and research collaborations with Israeli academic institutions.

No.3 STOP THE DISPLACEMENT
No land grabs, whether in Harlem, Lenapehoking, or Palestine. Cease expansion, provide reparations, and support housing for low-income Harlem residents. No development by Columbia without real community control.

No.4 NO POLICING ON CAMPUS
End the targeted repression of Palestinian students and their allies on and off campus, including through university disciplinary processes. Defund Public Safety and disclose and sever all ties with the NYPD.

No.5 END THE SILENCE
Release a public statement calling for an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza, denouncing the ongoing genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people, and call on government officials to do so too.

DarthAragorn posted...

Last time I posted even the first half of the phrase, I caught a 3 month Purgatory trip. The moderation staff may have lightened up in the context of the current genocide thats ongoing, but I wouldnt risk it, assuming you dont want to lose access to CE. Just a heads up.

This entire topic is just bait to try and get Palestine supporters kicked off the board permanently. Engaging with it is pointless.

Dude literally was born when the Hays Code was still being enforced and wants to talk about the left ruining comedy?

Comedy has literally never been freer.

TFW you have to click through an ad for PragerU Kids, only to be met with a link to the fucking Washington Examiner

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/697069b3.jpg

I wonder if people will start heading back to the secret boards they used to use (Cotton, Dark Empire, etc) before GameFAQs made official boards for Religion and other special interest topics

Oooooooh, WAY DOWN SOUTH IN THE LAND OF TRAITORS

Dungeater posted...

thats what everyone keeps saying. i really want to avoid the awkward conversations that will follow though

especially if i quit right after leave

You dont have to be specific about why you took the leave. Most people wont even ask.

As someone who has had to use FMLA before take it. Listen to your healthcare providers. You will not regret it, and even if it makes things tougher on your employer/coworkers, thats not your fault, and your coworkers will understand.

Technically I think Groundhog Day counts for this, no? He spends at least part of the movie trying to cure his own seeming immortality.

I seem to recall that if you have your force meter full, Kyle can just dodge the sniper shot automatically?

Maybe thats only after hes upgraded his force powers more, though. I cant remember after so many years.

Would love the chance to see them in theaters again. The first time around when I went to see RotK something happened with my contact and I had to take it out partway through and my eye was in searing pain the rest of the movie, so that sort of ruined the experience for me.

Gross

Lmao get real. Fuck anything that helps out landlords.

This would be funnier if it read even remotely like an actual Trump post. 4/10

Cant imagine why

Potentially worth noting that the largest campaign donation contributor to the author of the original TikTok ban bill (which was pretty much copied and pasted into the aid bill as an amendment) was *drumroll please* AIPAC.

Also he announced that he was going to resign from office, but extended his withdrawal date until April 20th specifically so he could vote for this bill, as amended by the House.

Ive never worked a job where I had to sign a non-compete, but I do remember when I was playing in a band a lot of venues in bigger cities (big enough to have actual contracts with their gigs) included some kind of language prohibiting you from performing within a certain radius of the venue, usually like 50 miles, for a certain period before and after the date of your gig. I imagine those kinds of contracts would not fall under the same category since as performers you arent actually employed by either the venue or the promoter.

Similar ideas have been proposed about unused office buildings in the wake of the work from home trend that built up over the pandemic, but Im pretty sure the general consensus is it would be cost-prohibitive to convert buildings designed for commercial use into residential units. The plumbing alone would be insane.

Unfortunately sometimes when faced with the realities of life under the current state of capitalism, some minds turn towards conspiracy instead of consciousness. Sounds like this guy fell into that category.

WingsOfGood posted...

Leftist believe Covid was a government created event?

The idea (or umbrella of related ideas) that Covid is a global governmental conspiracy designed to foster dependence and compliance within the general population is itself reactionary, but its one that at least a few self-proclaimed leftists subscribe to. Jimmy Dore and his ilk come to mind.

I would say if anything the real leftist conspiracy regarding Covid is that health organizations like the CDC ignored actual data and safety recommendations from science and medical experts in favor of appeasing the capitalist fears of economic collapse, resulting in national policies (relaxing of stay-at-home orders, reduction of quarantining restrictions, loosening of masking requirements) that caused an excessive number of preventable deaths.

So what you do is as soon as the level starts, you jump and fly straight forward towards the platform in front of you, hitting the balloon to give you a small height boost. As soon as youre over the circle where you originally got your Shovel Claw upgrade, dig to pop an extra life container, then once you pop back up in the air you immediately fly to your left, and take the rocket on the platform there to the graveyard on top of Church Mountain. Fly forward and dodge the ghost to pick up the Skeleton Dog walking in a circle around the gravestone. Immediately open the menu and restart the level. Rinse and repeat ten times and now you have a full inventory of Skeleton Dogs to give to your chao to erase any small animal parts they have.

I think its mostly just a sort of cognitive dissonance or mental resistance to the casual slide YouTube has been doing from being marketed/perceived as a video sharing, quasi-social media platform, to an on-demand video streaming platform.

For the first part of its existence YouTubes emphasis was on the You part. It was a platform when you could upload videos to share with friends, family, and the whole world. Users were both creators and consumers, similar to contemporary social media platforms like MySpace, Facebook, etc.

Although users are still nominally able to upload and share whatever they want, the actual use-case for YouTube has shifted into that of a more traditional streaming platform: users are categorized into either creators or consumers, with marketing and financial models put in place to encourage and foster both populations (skimming enough money off of consumers via ads or subscriptions and paying just enough to content creators to keep them churning out content).

In this way YouTube is no longer different than any other ad-supported streaming service. The difference is that YouTube used to function more like traditional social media, and still has some social media identity since anyone can upload to it. I think people would respond similarly, for example, if they started getting pop-up notifications on Instagram and Facebook asking you to pay $15 a month to not get ads while scrolling through Reels. And given how many of these user-driven social media platforms are quick to follow YouTubes lead (see the Tiktok creator fund), it wouldnt be surprising to see stuff like that happening more and more in the future.

Grim stuff.

I didnt dislike it, but it was pretty forgettable. I liked She-Hulk as a character, but it felt like they never really figured out what they wanted to do with her, so the show just sort of meanders around until it comes to a not-really-that-satisfying conclusion.

I dont think it should have been that hard to make a good, funny courtroom procedural comedy centered around superheroes. Harvey Birdman pulled it off (albeit with cartoon characters rather than superheroes) with relative ease. If they had made She-Hulk like that, where each episode she takes on a different superhero lawsuit, with maybe some overarching plot sprinkled on here and there, people would be clamoring for a second season.

I guess what Im saying is, if the most memorable moment of your entire season of television is your protagonist twerking with Megan Thee Stallion your show wasnt written very well. Dont get me wrong, it was a funny moment, I laughed, I enjoyed it. But if thats the peak of your show you are in trouble.

Its not my least favorite marketing blitz of late, but its definitely up there.

A company whose mission is to enrich their shareholders by placing as many ads as possible between Internet users and the information repositories they would like to access.

Yes, Ive had heat exhaustion/heat stroke in the past and have been much more sensitive to overheating and regulating my body temperature since then. I tend to sweat profusely in higher temps and can dehydrate very quickly if Im not careful.

s0nicfan posted...

Decades of focused propaganda by our enemies to drive a wedge between people to weaken us.

Decades of mass shooters and overt calls (not to mention actual attempts) for violent overthrow of the government by right-wingers, you mean.

Shut the fuck up

But never have I seen so clear an indicator that Im correct about that than today, when my Gen-X cousin shared the literal that student was Albert Einstein chain email as a Facebook post, unironically.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f0613a8c.jpg

I think for me the final throw up my hands and just give up on this shit moment was the infamous Dany sort of forgot about the Iron Fleet scene. Just absolute dog shit writing.

I mean shes not wrong

Im amending my answer upon finding out that this movie utilizes footage from known right-wing collaborator Andy Ngo, paid and credited him, and also gives a special thanks to noted TERF Helen Lewis:

No, I will not be seeing this movie in any fashion that might benefit its creators and producers financially.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/38124468.jpg

I havent been back to theaters since Covid started. This movie is an enigma to me, because everything I have heard about the plot/concept of the movie makes it sound terrible, but I generally like Alex Garlands stuff, and I think the cast is intriguing.

Prismsblade posted...

I dont get why pit bulls seem to attract the very worst owners possible generally.

Same reason Mustangs always have the worst drivers, I would guess

Theyd have to total my car to do that much in damage

Probably has a similar prevalence to cases of postpartum depression, so whats the difference? Again, its all about controlling women.

Bad_Mojo posted...

^ There are better ways to describe a character

November 5, 2010 I hate the muppets bcuz of the Pig girl, she was disgusting, i hate her with my life, she doesnot leave the lizard alone

Ive seen the first three, I think. Its possible Ive seen others but those are the only ones I remember at all.

Technically yes I was under general anesthesia, but it was just for wisdom teeth so my experience has been that most people dont count that as a real surgery

BroodRyu posted...

Wow these responses are so original!

Its almost as if this topic is unoriginal to begin with, and it would be insane to expect original replies? But by all means, go off.

Possibly. I dont think any serious amount of people are considering that Trump would be a better alternative, but I do think theres a significant portion who will not vote at all or vote 3rd party/write-in because they wont be able to stomach supporting a candidate who enabled genocide so freely.

The Whale isnt the best movie, but it did have me bawling my eyes out, so theres that.

Its a phenomenal show, there was just a topic about it on here pretty recently and most people heaped praises on it (and rightfully so)

Maybe these dumbasses should just, I dont know, throw darts better?

I could use a dollar, I could use a couple bucks!

Pretty much, yes

So they fined him $5,000?

Meanwhile in Texas they tried to give this woman five years:

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/28/texas-illegal-voting-conviction-crystal-mason/

Yeah I figured that from the other topic you made